There is a new interview of a Dice developer over in battlefield central.

Q: Will a player still be punished if his team mates run over there mines? If there still will be a team kill will there be a better system for alerting the team of mines.

A: If Friendly Fire is turned on, then yes, there is the possibility of being punished if your landmine kills a teammate.  However, the teammate can forgive you - which means you don't get punished.  We have a system in which players will see a big red icon on their screen when they are near a teammate's explosive.

Read the whole interview on our forums

Also, totalbf2 has posted a dozen of new screenshots. Head over there to have a look.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2004--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS - News) today announced an investment in international game developer and publisher UbiSoft Entertainment, headquartered in Rennes, France. The investment represents approximately 19.9 percent interest in the company -- shares purchased as a block from Talpa Beheer B.V. to be completed upon obtaining antitrust clearance from the U.S. government. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Source: yahoo

Over the german site bf-news.de have posted a hands on review and also a massive 170mb in game footage video.

As soon as we get hold of the english translation we are going to post it on our forums.

Novagamer is closed. They have announced back a few weeks that they abandoning JO and support only BHD, now it's final.

Here is the announcement.

Games Domain has posted a preview for BF2.

Battlefield 2 has some polish that still needs attending -- framerate and vehicle weight issues, mostly -- but even when these cropped up, they didn't mar our experience one bit. This is engaging stuff, and gives an absorbing sense of fighting a real, coordinated battle (it also makes one give thoughtful pause to what real soldiers are facing every day, despite its deliberate politics-free presentation).

Read the whole preview on our forums